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BUILDING BLOCK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18. 1916.

1,291,205. Patented Ja'n.14,f19.19.

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'Inventor GRANT M. SIMON.

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GRANT M. SIMON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUILDING-BLOCK.

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Among the objects of my invention is to provide building elements with offset portions, adapted to coperate in formingawall or other structure, with channels or air spaces between said elements, running both vertically and horizontally, said vertical tal channels. n

The invention consists in the peculiar form given to the block. j

Referring to the drawings, which represent, merely by way of example, suitable embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my block in the form of a hollowtile; Fig. 2 is a plan of the block; 3 is a vertical section of thepblock taken -on 'the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.' Fig. 4 is a per-- spective view of a modified form of a hollow tile block embodying my invention. Fig. 5V

is a plan of the same; Fig. 6 is a vertical section of such a block, taken on the line 6-6 of vFigjll. Fig. 7 is a view of a'further modi-` fied form, embodying my invention in a solid block; Fig.- 8 is a plan of the same;`F,ig9.` is

a vertical section of the same taken alongthey line 9-9 of Figs. 7 and 8.

Similar numerals refer similar parts.

AReferring now more specifically to the anneXed drawings, the hollow building block, illustrated by Fig. 1, comprises two quadrangular sections, A and B, eachhollow vertically. These two sections areI maintained in parallel spaced relation to one another by vertical transverse webs 14, 15 and 16. Sections A and B are offset with relation to one another horizontally, so that one end of section A extends beyond web 15 and the end of section B, so as to form a hollow shoulder or extension 17; and so that, similarly, the opposite end of section B extends beyond the web 14 and the end of section A, so as to form a hollow shoulder or extension 17. Sections A and B are offset in a vertical dithroughout to lrection so that section B extends above sec Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

Application mea prix 1's, 191s. serial No. 91,872.

tion A and the connecting webs 14, 15 and 16 and so that section A extends below secl tion B and the said connecting webs.

lVhen the sections A and B of such building blocks are given equal dimensions, .the blocks are symmetrical and will fit to each other when placed adjacent to one another in the same course or in differentl courses.

When placed adjacent in the same course, the shoulder 17 will overlap the shoulder 17 of the block alongside. The joint between the two will be broken and within the broken joint will be left the vertical hollow space 18, continuous with the vertical hollow spaces directly above and below, and, therefore,

continuous throughout the height of the It is apparent that this horizontal hollow space runs the lengthof thecoursewithout vinterruption and that it communicates with the vertical air spaces formed by the webs 14, 15 and 16, and through these to the other horizontal air spaces within thehorizontal joints of the courses above and below. InA

this way I attain an almost perfectly dry, and non-conducting wall. y

Section A presents the outer or exposed face of the block and may, therefore, be iin ishedas desired. The ends `of the block receive mortar and they may be conveniently corrugated, asillustrated. The rear face of the block, that is of section B, may also be conveniently corrugated, so that it may re- `ceive directly a layer of plaster, cement or mortar, etc.4

The vertical hollow space within the broken vertical joints between' blocks inthe same course, I show plainly at 18 of Fig. 2; the horizontal air space within the' broken horizontal joints between courses, I show plainly at 19 of Fig. 3. Y

My block, in the modified form illustrated by Fig. 4, consists of a single hollow section, composed of the front and back webs 21 and 21', the end webs 22 and 22', and, to strengthen the block. one` or more vertical webs 20, dividing the block transversely. The two sides 21 and 21 are oset with relation to one another both horizontally and vertically, so that one end of the side 21 extends beyond the end web to l'orni a flange or shoulder 255; and in like manner the opposite end of side 21 extends beyond the end web 22, to form a vertical flange or shoulder 23.

The sides 2l. and 2l are vertically ollset with relation to one another, so that side 2l j courses, the horizontal shoulderQ-l o'lsi D121 will overlap the horizontal shoulder 24 ot side '21 of the block beneath, leavingr within this broken joint the horizontal air space 2li (Fig. 6). It is apparent that this horizontal air space runs uninterruptedly the length of the course and that it eomniunicates with the vertical air spaces within the block and within the vertical joints, and through these to the horizontal air spaces between other courses.

It is a parent, in the blocks so tar deseribedft at neither the dimensions ol' the block, nor of the vertical or horizont al shoulders, nor the arrangement oi the interior webs, relate in any way to the essential ifea ture of my invention. li`|irtl'iermore, such blocks may be molded ol solid concrete or other material without affecting the essential idea of my invention, which it is my intention' to claim in all such moditied i'oruis.

My block may be made solid instead o't hollow Without in any way affecting the novel features of my invention. Such t'orm fI illustrate in Figs. 7, 8 and 9. ln this i'orm the block consists of the body C. rlhe bach face rejects above C so as to form the shoulder 2 in Width less than one-half the width of the block. The front face projects below C S0 as t0 form the shoulder 28, in width less than bue-half the width of the block. The

cooperative relation, the shoulders 28 rest upon the bodies C of the blocks in the course immediately beneath, and the bodies C of the upper course rest upon the shoulders 27 oie the blocks immediately beneath. Thus the bodies C are kept apart and an air space 31 is formed within the joint. The shoulders 29 and 30 form a vertical air space 32 in the vertical joint. '.lhroughout the wall the longitudinal air spaces f-l communicate with the vertical air spaces 32.

llaving thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

A wall constructed of blocks, the blocks provided with loneitlulinal shoulders in thickness less than one-half the Width of the block, the said shoulders projecting the one above, the otherl below the block and Hush spaces leftl in the `vertical joints opening into the hollow spaces le'lft in the longitudinal joints above and below.

ln testimony whereof, I do allix my signa` ture in the presence ol' two witnesses.

GRANT M. SIMON.

4 `-Vllitnesses:

Man HOFMANN, .'LAY'roN B. Rnels'rnn. 

